Improvement in railroad-ties



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GEORGE w. WILLIAMSON, or PITfrsToN, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoa or ONE-FOURTH EIs EIGHT To GIRARD EILLEEs, or SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILROAD-TIES.

Specitca'tion forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,084, dated July 18, 1876 application led May 29, 1876.

To all lwhom tt may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WILLIAM- SON, of Pittston, in the county ot' Luzerne and Sta-te of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Railroad Grossthrough line x 0r. Fig. 5 is a plan view with the track fastened in, and Figs. G and 7 are side views of the saaie.

rlhis invention has relation to railroad crossties, and also to means for securing the rails thereto; and the nature ot' my invention consists, mainly, in a cross-tie for railroads, which is composed ot' narrow planks set on edge, and secured to blocks ot' any desired width byA means oi' bolts or other suitable fastenings, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The invention further consists in combining with the spacing-blocks ofthe cross-ties angular retainingjaws of metal, which will not only hold the rails down to their places without the use of spikes, but enable me to dis pense with fish-plates, and to support the lips ot' the rails, as will be hereinafter explained. Y

1n many sections ot' our country wood suitable for cross-ties is very scarce and expensive; and the. main object ot' my invention is to utilize wood in the laying of railroads by making skeleton cross-ties and illing in with earth, so as to give solidity and fixed ness to the ties. I

In the annexed drawings, A A designate two thin planks, of any desired width and length, and B B are blocks of wood, ot' any suitable size, which areplaced between the ends of the planks, and secured firmly thereto by means ot' bolts c; or, it' desired, dowelpins may be used. It will thus be seen that I con'- struct a skeleton or box cross-tie which, when it is laid in earth, well tamped inside andeutside of it, will afford a good solid foundation for the rails. v

The planks A are set edgewise--that is to say, they are vertical,consequently they can be arranged at anyv desired distance apart, according' lo the width ot' bearing required.

Ties which support. the ends ofthe rail-sections are constructed with jaws C C, formed on plates which are rigidly confined between the ends of the planks A A, between which jaws a wooden block of any desired thickness is-contined. These jaws C C are so shaped that they arev adapted to receive snugly the base and neck ofthe i'aitsections, and to hold the ends ot' the same securely without the use ot' fish-plates or spikes. The upper ends ot' the jaws C C' afford bearings for the lips of the rail-sections, which prevent the lips from being battered down at the ends ofthe sections.

At intermediate points between the ends ot' the sections I shall use, when necessary, a single jaw-holder at each end ot' each cross-tie, thus dispensing with spikes at such points.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Jaws C O", combined with spacing-blocks B and a box cross-tie, constructed substantially as described.

ln testimony that l claim the above l have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. WILLIAMSON.

Witnesses: l

JOHN F. AcKEn, GEORGE E. UPHAM. 

